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    Nikki Haley releases delegates, urges support for Donald Trump

    By Mike Heuer,

    2024-07-09

    July 9 (UPI) -- South Carolina's former Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday announced she has released delegates that she secured during her Republican primary campaign and is urging them to support former President Donald Trump .

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    Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday released the 97 delegates she secured during the primaries and is urging them to support former President Donald Trump at the GOP national convention that starts Monday at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI

    "The nominating convention is a time for Republican unity," Haley said in a statement . " Joe Biden is not competent to serve a second term and Kamala Harris would be a disaster for America."

    Haley said the nation needs a "president who would hold our enemies to account, secure our border, cut our debt and get our economy back on track" while urging her delegates to support Trump at the nominating convention next week.

    The four-day Republican National Convention is scheduled to start Monday at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

    Haley secured 97 delegates while campaigning for the GOP nomination for president but ended her campaign a day after losing all states except Vermont during the Super Tuesday primaries held on March 5.

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    Former President Donald Trump speaks after defeating former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary on Feb. 24. File Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE

    Haley said she won't attend the GOP convention.

    Her spokesperson, Chaney Denton, said Haley wasn't invited to the convention and is "fine with that. Trump deserves the convention he wants."

    Denton said Haley has "made it clear she's voting for him and wishes him the best."

    Trump, the first U.S. president to be a convicted felon, needs a simple majority of the 2,429 delegates estimated to attend the GOP convention to vote in favor of his candidacy to formally be nominated as the Republican candidate for the presidency.

    The Democratic Party National Convention is scheduled Aug. 19 through 22 at the United Center in Chicago.

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    Guest
    07-12
    She’s a Republican, and will endorse a Republican. I get it…but…after all he said about her and wanted people to think her husband left her and didn’t want to be anywhere near her…knowing he’s serving our Country???? Yeah…ok…her choice!!!!!
    myopinion
    07-12
    and to think I voted for her....such a disappointment!
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